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 mn̂g-lâu têng;
 * a roof to protect a doorway.


 * thap-tó mn̂g-lâu;
 * a doorway that juts inward.


 * îang mn̂g;
 * a door that has no roof above it.


 * mn̂g-lâu koiⁿ;
 * a porch or entry.


 * mn̂g-sún;
 * the tenons on which a door turns.


 * uaiⁿ mn̂g;
 * to swing on a door.


 * mn̂g màiⁿ uaiⁿ chut, uaiⁿ jîp;
 * do not swing the door to and fro.


 * mn̂g khŏng-khŏng-kìe;
 * the door is slamming.


 * gê-mn̂g;
 * a yamun.


 * îaⁿ mn̂g;
 * entrance to a camp.


 * tīn mn̂g;
 * a gap in the ranks.


 * cêk mn̂g chèng;
 * a gun.


 * kîaⁿ lĭang mn̂g;
 * go in at a private entrance.


 * cē mn̂g;
 * the entrance to a fortified village.


 * mn̂g-thâu;
 * a door.


 * tŏ̤ tī-kâi mn̂g-thâu tīu?
 * By which gate do you live?


 * thâu kâi mn̂g;
 * the first door.


 * jī mn̂g;
 * the second door.


 * pâk mn̂g;
 * the north gate.


 * i kâi chíu-mn̂g heng;
 * he is an apt hand at it.


 * chíu mn̂g m̄-hó̤;
 * he is an awkward hand at it.


 * lṳ́ thiaⁿ i kâi ūe-mn̂g cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
 * What do you think is the meaning of what he says?


 * ngĕ-mn̂g sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * that is a fixed fact.


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ khuah mn̂g, hṳ́ kâi ôih mn̂g;
 * this is an extensive business, that is one that offers no room for expansion.


 * íam mn̂g phāng
 * peep through a crack in the door.


 * kíu mn̂g thî-tok;
 * the keeper of the nine gates of the city of Peking.


 * thiⁿ ĕ ŭ jîeh cōi kà-mn̂g;
 * How many religions are there in the world?


 * cêk kâi sai-pĕ kà-mn̂g kâi;
 * apprentices of the same master workman.


 * kùe mn̂g jîeh kú?
 * How long since she was married?


 * m̄ tàⁿ nâng kui mn̂g kâi sai sṳ̄;
 * not talk of people’s private affairs.


 * máng-tìeⁿ mn̂g;
 * the opening in a mosquito-bar.


 * sṳ-hùi mn̂g tōa căi;
 * his expenditures are enormous.


 * ceng mn̂g, khăm hŏ;
 * bangs away at the door.


 * chūe kàu i bô̤ mn̂g bô̤ hŏ;
 * follow him up till he has no way of escape.


 * mn̂g gūa;
 * out of doors.


 * mn̂g lăi;
 * indoors.


 * tàⁿ khṳ̀ tùi mn̂g a m̄ tùi mn̂g?
 * Did he speak to the point or not?


 * thâu pàng mn̂g;
 * at the first opening of the doors, the first recess at an examination.


 * mīaⁿ mn̂g;
 * a supposed passage between the rectum and the bladder, called “the gate of life”.


 * mn̂g mīn pái lâi li hó̤ căi;
 * the front is finely decorated; appearances are well cared for.


 * To inquire of or about.
 * mn̄g tîeh, i cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
 * What did he say when you asked him?
 * What did he say when you asked him?


 * mn̄g mêng-pêh;
 * ascertain by inquiry.


 * cêk mn̄g cêk tap;
 * an answer to each question.


 * cieh mn̄g;
 * inquire respectfully.


 * mn̄g lō;
 * inquire the way.


 * mn̄g kàu i kâi tói-sòi chut lâi;
 * investigate thoroughly so as to bring out all the facts.


 * úa chíaⁿ mn̄g lṳ́;
 * I beg to ask you.


 * lâk mn̄g cū pat;
 * diligently inquire and you will know.


 * mn̄g tang mn̄g sai, mn̄g cìeⁿ mn̄g hìeⁿ;
 * made extensive and careful inquiry.


 * hâk mn̄g;
 * learning; education.

môk

 * A negative forbidding an act; no need of; a particle exciting a doubt; if, unless, perhaps; preceding an objective it forms the superlative; nothing like; incomparable; an adjective of comparison.
 * môk-hui sĭ lṳ́!
 * It surely is not you!
 * It surely is not you!


 * môk jû i kâi hó̤;
 * nothing like so good as his is.


 * môk sueh sĭ cía kè-cîⁿ, cū sĭ cíe cē to m̄ bói;
 * to say nothing of its being such a price, even if it were less I would not buy it.


 * cía sǹg sĭ môk su ŭ kâi sṳ̄;
 * this is something which need not necessarily be.


 * môk-kùe i àiⁿ mēⁿ;
 * no blame to him should he scold about it.


 * môk kùai i tàⁿ;
 * no wonder he speaks of it.


 * pât nâng cò̤ kâi, môk jîak i;
 * what others make is not to be compared with his.


 * Harmonious; amicable; to make or keep peace with; concord among relatives, neighbors, or nations.
 * hûa-môk hieⁿ-lîn;
 * a friendly community..
 * a friendly community..


 * hiaⁿ tĭ hûa-môk lío;
 * the brothers are already reconciled to each other.


 * ang cía hûa-hûa môk-môk;
 * husband and wife are in complete concord.


 * líang ke put môk;
 * the two parties do not agree.


 * To wash, to bathe, to cleanse; to enrich by kindness; to receive favors.
 * saⁿ jît ău àiⁿ pài sîn cū tîeh soiⁿ ce-kài, môk îok;
 * in three days shall worship the gods, and must fast and wash the body beforehand.
 * in three days shall worship the gods, and must fast and wash the body beforehand.


 * môk kùe i kâi ṳn;
 * received favors from him.


 * Silent; alone; isolated.
 * sok-môk căi;
 * very lonely.
 * very lonely.


 * ciu jît sok-sok môk-môk, bô̤ nâng cŏ̤ phûeh;
 * all alone all day, with no one to sit and chat with.


 * A shepherd; to care for cattle.
 * môk-sṳ;
 * a pastor; a common term for a foreign missionary.
 * a pastor; a common term for a foreign missionary.


 * môk-thông sĭ cíeⁿ gû kâi a-no̤ⁿ-kíaⁿ;
 * a shepherd lad is a child that watches cattle.

móng

 * Used for a certain person or thing when the name is unknown, or when respect or caution forbids its use.
 * móng nâng tŏ̤ mē?
 * Is a certain person there?
 * Is a certain person there?